CVE-2026-75944: A race condition during supplicant re-authentication may leave a stale ACL entry that persists in the system. If the AclAgent subsequently restarts, this stale entry may be applied to new supplicants, resulting in incorrect access control enforcement. User
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-75944 is a medium (CVSS 5.6) Incomplete Cleanup vulnerability in arista networks eos. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 14-09-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 14-09-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A race condition during supplicant re-authentication may leave a stale ACL entry that persists in the system. If the AclAgent subsequently restarts, this stale entry may be applied to new supplicants, resulting in incorrect access control enforcement. User interaction (an AclAgent restart by an administrator) is required for the unintended behavior to take effect.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- NVDNIST5.6MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVDNIST2.6LowCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.22%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
11%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.07 pp
From 0.15% on 22-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Arista networks1 product
- eos≥ 4.36.0, ≤ 4.36.1F
1 vendor · 1 product